Cambridge, Gloucestershire

Cambridge (/ˈkæmbrɪdʒ/ ) is a hamlet in the district of Stroud, in the county of Gloucestershire, England. It lies on the A38 road between Bristol and Gloucester. It is about 3 miles (5 km) from Dursley and about 11 miles (18 km) from Gloucester.

Cambridge
Village entrance
Cambridge Location within Gloucestershire
OS grid reference	SO749037
Civil parish	Slimbridge
District	Stroud
Shire county	Gloucestershire
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	GLOUCESTER
Postcode district	GL2
Dialling code	01453
Police	Gloucestershire
Fire	Gloucestershire
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	Stroud

The hamlet lies in the civil parish of Slimbridge and takes its name from the River Cam which flows through it. It has one public house, the George Inn. A second, the White Lion, closed and became a private residence. There are regular buses to Bristol, Gloucester, Stroud and Thornbury.

In nearby Slimbridge is the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, that was founded by Peter Scott.[1]

In 1870–72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Cambridge like this:

CAMBRIDGE, a hamlet in Shinbridge parish, Gloucester; on the river Cam, 4 miles NNW of Dursley. It has a post office under Stonehouse. It was known to the Saxons as Cwatbriege; and was the scene of a battle, in the time of Edward the Elder, between the Saxons and the Danes.

Bishop Ussher identified this Cambridge as the "Cair Grauth"[2] listed among the 28 cities of Britain by the History of the Britons,[3] although this is more often identified with the Cambridge on the River Granta.[4]